Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (or Glazounov) (August 10, 1865 – March 21, 1936) was a Russian composer, as well as an influential music teacher.

Glazunov was born in St. Petersburg. He studied music under Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

The first of his 8 symphonies premiered in 1882 when Glazunov was 16 years old. His popular Stenka Razin was also a youthful work.

Glazunov also wrote 3 ballets.

Glazunov left Russia in 1928. He toured Europe and the United States. He died in Paris.

He was a great friend of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and was a member of the "Five" (five great composers in Russia- Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, Cui, and himself.) He came to be acknowledged as a great prodigy in his field, and with the help of his mentor and friend Rimsky-Korsakov, finished some of Alexander Borodin's great works, the most famous being The Opera Prince Igor. They also edited a very famous piece by Borodin, a part of the Prince Igor Opera, The Polovtsian Dances.Glazunov is still remembered as a very famous composer.

Major works

Opus 1: String Quartet No. 1 in D major (1881-1882)

Opus 3: Overture No. 1 in G minor for orchestra "On Greek Themes" (1882)

Opus 5: Symphony No. 1 in E major "Slavonian Symphony" (1881-1884)

Opus 6: Overture No. 2 in D major for orchestra (1883)

Opus 7: Serenade No. 1 in A major for orchestra (1882)

Opus 8: To the Memory of a Hero, elegy for orchestra (1885)

Opus 9: Suite Characteristique in D major for orchestra (1884-1887)

Opus 10: String Quartet No. 2 in F major (1884)

Opus 11: Serenade No. 2 in F major for small orchestra (1884)

Opus 13: Stenka Razin, symphonic poem in B minor(1885)

Opus 16: Symphony No. 2 in F sharp minor "To the Memory of Liszt" (1886)

Opus 19: The Forest, fantasy in C sharp minor for orchestra (1887)

Opus 21: Marriage March in E flat major for orchestra (1889)

Opus 25: Preludium and Two Mazurkas for piano (1888)

Opus 26: String Quartet No. 3 in G major "Quator Slave" (1886-1888)

Opus 26A: Slavonian Feast, symphonic sketches

Opus 28: The Sea, fantasy in E major for orchestra (1889)

Opus 29: Oriental Rhapsody in G major for orchestra (1889)

Opus 30: The Kremlin, symphonic picture in three parts (1890)

Opus 33: Symphony No. 3 in D major (1890)

Opus 34: The Spring, symphonic picture in D major (1891)

Opus 39: String Quintet in A major for stringquartet and cello (1891-1892)

Opus 40: Triumph March for large orchestra and chorus (1892)

Opus 45: Carnaval, overture for large orchestra and organ in F major (1892)

Opus 46: Chopiniana, suite after pianopieces by Chopin for orchestra (1893)

Opus 48: Symphony No. 4 in E flat major (1893)

Opus 50: "Cortège Solennel" in D major for orchestra (1894)

Opus 53: Fantasy From Dark into Light for orchestra (1894)

Opus 55: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major (1895)

Opus 56: Coronation Cantata for four soloists, chorus and orchestra (1895)

Opus 57: Raymonda, ballet in three acts (1896-1897)

Opus 58: Symphony No. 6 in C minor (1896)

Opus 61: Ruses d'Amour, ballet in one act (1898)

Opus 63: Festive Cantata for solo-voices, women's chorus and two pianos eight hands (1898)

Opus 64: String Quartet No. 4 in A minor (1894)

Opus 65: Cantata after Pushkin for solo-voices, chorus and orchestra (1899)

Opus 67: The Seasons, ballet in one act (1900)

Opus 69: Intermezzo Romantica in D major for orchestra (1900)

Opus 70: String quartet No. 5 in D minor (1898)

Opus 71: Chant du Ménestrel for cello and piano (1900)

Opus 74: Piano Sonata No. 1 in B flat minor (1901)

Opus 75: Piano Sonata No. 2 in E minor (1901)

Opus 76: March on a Russian Theme in E flat major (1901)

Opus 77: Symphony No. 7 "Pastorale" in F major (1902-1903)

Opus 79: From the Middle Ages, suite in E major for orchestra (1902)

Opus 80: Chant Sans Bornes for soprano and alto with piano accompaniment (1900)

Opus 82: Concerto in A minor for violin and orchestra (1904)

Opus 83: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major (1905-1906)

Opus 84: The Song of Destiny, dramatic overture in D minor for orchestra (1908)

Opus 86: Russian Fantasy in A major for balalaika-orchestra (1906)

Opus 87: To the Memory of Gogol, symphonic prologue in C major (1909)

Opus 88: Finnish Fantasy in C major for orchestra (1909)

Opus 89: Finnish Sketches in E major for orchestra (1912)

Opus 90: Introduction and Dance of Salomé to the drama of Oscar Wilde (1908)

Opus 92: Concerto No. 1 in F minor for piano and orchestra (1910-1911)

Opus 93: Preludium and Fugue No. 1 in D major for organ (1906-1907)

Opus 94: Love after Shukovsky for mixed chorus a cappella (1907)

Opus 95: Music to the drama The King of the Jews after K.K. Romanov (1913)

Opus 97: Song of the Volga-skippers for chorus and orchestra (1918)

Opus 98: Preludium and Fugue No. 2 in D minor for organ (1914)

Opus 99: Karelian Legend in A minor for orchestra (1916)

Opus 100: Concerto No. 2 in B major for piano and orchestra (1917)

Opus 100A/B: Mazurka Oberek (1917)

Opus 102: Romance of Nina from the play "Masquerada" (1918)

Opus 106: String Quartet No. 6 in B major (1920-1921)

Opus 107: String Quartet No. 7 in C major "Hommage au passé" (1930)

Opus 109: Concerto for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra in Eb Major (1934)

• Works without opus number:

Symphony No. 9 in D minor (1910)

First movement (incomplete).